1 APACHE 2.4 STATUS: -*- mode: text; coding: utf-8 -*-
2 Last modified at [$Date$]
4 The current version of this file can be found at:
6 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS
8 Documentation status is maintained separately and can be found at:
10 * docs/STATUS in this source tree, or
11 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/STATUS
13 The current development branch of this software can be found at:
15 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk
17 Consult the following STATUS files for information on related projects:
19 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/trunk/STATUS
20 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/1.4.x/STATUS
21 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.4.x/STATUS
22 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/1.5.x/STATUS
23 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.5.x/STATUS
25 Patches considered for backport are noted in their branches' STATUS:
27 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.0.x/STATUS
28 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
29 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS
34 [NOTE that x.{odd}.z versions are strictly Alpha/Beta releases,
35 while x.{even}.z versions are Stable/GA releases.]
37 2.4.26 : In development.
38 2.4.25 : Tagged on December 16, 2016. Released on December 21, 2016.
39 2.4.24 : Tagged on December 16, 2016, not released.
40 2.4.23 : Tagged on June 30, 2016. Released on July 05, 2016.
41 2.4.22 : Tagged on June 20, 2016, not released.
42 2.4.21 : Tagged on June 16, 2016, not released.
43 2.4.20 : Tagged on April 4, 2016. Released on April 11, 2016.
44 2.4.19 : Tagged on March 21, 2016, not released.
45 2.4.18 : Tagged on December 8, 2015. Released on December 14, 2015.
46 2.4.17 : Tagged on October 9, 2015. Released October 13, 2015.
47 2.4.16 : Tagged on July 9, 2015. Released July 15, 2015
48 2.4.15 : Tagged on June 19, 2015. Not released.
49 2.4.14 : Tagged on June 11, 2015. Not released.
50 2.4.13 : Tagged on June 4, 2015. Not released.
51 2.4.12 : Tagged on January 22, 2015. Released Jan 29, 2015
52 2.4.11 : Tagged on January 15, 2015. Not released.
53 2.4.10 : Tagged on July 15, 2014. Released July 21, 2014
54 2.4.9 : Tagged on March 13, 2014. Released on March 17, 2014
55 2.4.8 : Tagged on March 11, 2014. Not released.
56 2.4.7 : Tagged on November 19, 2013. Released on Nov 25, 2013
57 2.4.6 : Tagged on July 15, 2013. Released July, 22, 2013
58 2.4.5 : Tagged on July 11, 2013, not released.
59 2.4.4 : Tagged on February 18, 2013. Released Feb 25, 2013
60 2.4.3 : Tagged on August 17, 2012. Released Aug 18, 2012
61 2.4.2 : Tagged on April 5, 2012. Released Apr 17, 2012.
62 2.4.1 : Tagged on February 13, 2012. Released Feb 21, 2012.
63 2.4.0 : Tagged on January 16, 2012, not released.
64 2.3.16 : Tagged on December 15, 2011.
65 2.3.15 : Tagged on November 8, 2011. Released Nov. 15, 2011.
66 2.3.14 : Tagged on August 1, 2011. Released Aug. 9, 2011.
67 2.3.13 : Tagged on June 28, 2011, not released.
68 2.3.12 : Tagged on May 11, 2011. Released May 23, 2011.
69 2.3.11 : Released as Beta on March 7, 2011.
70 2.3.10 : Tagged on December 13, 2010. Released Dec 21, 2010.
71 2.3.9 : Tagged on November 23, 2010, not released.
72 2.3.8 : Tagged on August 24, 2010.
73 2.3.7 : Tagged on August 19, 2010, not released.
74 2.3.6 : Released on June 21, 2010.
75 2.3.5 : Released on January 26, 2010.
76 2.3.4 : Released on December 8, 2009.
77 2.3.3 : Tagged on November 11, 2009, not released.
78 2.3.2 : Tagged on March 23, 2009, not released.
79 2.3.1 : Tagged on January 2, 2009, not released.
80 2.3.0 : Tagged on December 6, 2008, not released.
82 Contributors looking for a mission:
84 * Just do an egrep on "TODO" or "XXX" in the source.
86 * Review the bug database at: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/
88 * Review the "PatchAvailable" bugs in the bug database:
90 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Apache+httpd-2&keywords=PatchAvailable
92 After testing, you can append a comment saying "Reviewed and tested".
94 * Open bugs in the bug database.
96 * See also the STATUS file in the docs/ directory, which lists documentation-specific TODO items.
99 CURRENT RELEASE NOTES:
101 * Forward binary compatibility is expected of Apache 2.4.x releases, such
102 that no MMN major number changes will occur after 2.4.1. Such changes can
103 only be made in the trunk.
105 * All commits to branches/2.4.x must be reflected in SVN trunk,
106 as well, if they apply. Logical progression is commit to trunk
107 then merge into branches/2.4.x, as applicable.
109 * Current exceptions for RTC for this branch:
114 . non-Unix, single-platform code
116 RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS:
118 *) mod_proxy_hcheck: Ensure thread-safety when concurrent healthchecks are
119 in use (ProxyHCTPsize > 0). PR 60071.
120 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1779573
121 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES)
124 *) PR 60576: 2.4.21 broke PHP-FPM with the patch to strip the bogus "proxy://"
125 prefix from SCRIPT_FILENAME. We need to revert to the previous behavior
126 ASAP to avoid any further hurdles with FCGI implementations while we figure
128 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1780328
129 http://svn.apache.org/r1780329
130 http://svn.apache.org/r1781329
131 http://svn.apache.org/r1782164
132 http://svn.apache.org/r1782166
133 http://svn.apache.org/r1782193
134 http://svn.apache.org/r1778350
135 http://svn.apache.org/r1781329
136 http://svn.apache.org/r1782194
137 http://svn.apache.org/r1782323
138 http://svn.apache.org/r1782418
139 http://svn.apache.org/r1782419
140 http://svn.apache.org/r1782482
141 http://svn.apache.org/r1782532
142 http://svn.apache.org/r1788040
143 2.4.x patch: http://home.apache.org/~jim/patches/mod_proxy_fcgi-v3.patch
144 + http://svn.apache.org/r1788040
145 +1: jim, covener, jchampion
146 jchampion: holding off on promotion for an answer to jailletc36's ML
147 question regarding `ProxyFCGIBackendType PHP-FPM`
148 covener: added http://svn.apache.org/r1788040
150 PATCHES ACCEPTED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
151 [ start all new proposals below, under PATCHES PROPOSED. ]
154 PATCHES PROPOSED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
155 [ New proposals should be added at the end of the list ]
157 *) mod_proxy, mod_ssl: Handle SSLProxy* directives in <Proxy> sections,
158 allowing per backend TLS configuration.
159 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1740928
160 http://svn.apache.org/r1740960
161 http://svn.apache.org/r1740967
162 http://svn.apache.org/r1740987
163 http://svn.apache.org/r1740998
164 http://svn.apache.org/r1742697
165 http://svn.apache.org/r1756976
166 http://svn.apache.org/r1781313
167 2.4.x patch: http://home.apache.org/~ylavic/patches/httpd-2.4.x-r1740928_and_co-v3.patch
170 *) mod_ssl: work around leaks on (graceful) restart.
171 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1781187
172 http://svn.apache.org/r1781190
173 http://svn.apache.org/r1781312
174 2.4.x patch: http://home.apache.org/~ylavic/patches/httpd-2.4.x-mod_ssl-restart_leaks-v2.patch
177 *) mod_proxy_hcheck: Don't validate timed out responses.
178 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1779574
179 http://svn.apache.org/r1779623
180 2.4.x patch: trunk works *after r1779573 above* (modulo CHANGES)
183 *) mod_ssl: backport fix for PR 46037
184 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1781575
185 http://svn.apache.org/r1781577
186 http://svn.apache.org/r1781580
187 http://svn.apache.org/r1781687
188 http://svn.apache.org/r1783305
189 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jfclere/patches/patch.46037.txt
192 *) mod_cache: Fix a regression in 2.4.25 for the forward proxy case by
193 computing and using the same entity key according to when the cache
194 checks, loads and saves the request. PR 60577.
195 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1783842
196 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES)
199 *) mod_proxy_hcheck: Honor checks in Vhosts
200 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1784203
201 http://svn.apache.org/r1784205
202 http://svn.apache.org/r1784227
203 http://svn.apache.org/r1784228
204 http://svn.apache.org/r1784275
205 http://svn.apache.org/r1785871
206 http://svn.apache.org/r1786009
207 2.4.x patch: trunk works *after r1779573 above* (modulo CHANGES)
208 FULL hcheck patch: http://home.apache.org/~jim/patches/httpd2.4-hcheck.patch
209 (includes all hcheck related patches, including showstopper)
212 *) mod_autoindex: Add IndexOptions UseOldDateFormat to allow the date
213 format from 2.2 in the Last Modified column. PR60846.
214 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1787525
215 http://svn.apache.org/r1787553
216 2.4.x patch: trunk works
219 *) mod_proxy: Allow the per-request environment variable "no-proxy" to
220 be used as an alternative to ProxyPass /path !. This is primarily
221 to set exceptions for ProxyPass specified in <Location> context.
222 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1781328
223 2.4.x patch: trunk works
225 jailletc36: compatibility note is missing
227 *) core: %{DOCUMENT_URI} used in nested SSI expressions should point to the
228 URI originally requsted by the user, not the nested documents URI. This
229 restores the behavior of this variable to match the "legacy" SSI parser.
231 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1780095
232 2.4.x patch: trunk works
235 *) core: EBCDIC fixes for interim responses with additional headers.
236 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1777354
237 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~covener/patches/ebcdic-interim.diff
240 *) core: Add %{REMOTE_PORT} to the expression parser. PR59938
241 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1776459
242 2.4.x patch: trunk works
244 jailletc36: compatibility note is missing
246 [ New entried should be added at the START of the list ]
248 PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE BEING WORKED
250 *) mod_brotli: Backport of mod_brotli filter
251 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1761714
252 http://svn.apache.org/r1762512
253 http://svn.apache.org/r1762515
254 http://svn.apache.org/r1771791
255 http://svn.apache.org/r1779077
256 http://svn.apache.org/r1779091
257 http://svn.apache.org/r1779699
258 2.4.x patch: http://home.apache.org/~jim/patches/brotli-2.4.patch
260 -1: wrowe (Premature, waiting on github.com/google/brotli 0.6 release)
261 NOTE: Awaiting next release post 0.5.2
263 *) mod_remoteip: Add PROXY protocol support
264 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1776575
265 http://svn.apache.org/r1776578 (doc fix)
266 http://svn.apache.org/r1776627 (shortened name + doc fix)
267 http://svn.apache.org/r1776674 (attribution moved to CHANGES)
268 http://svn.apache.org/r1776740 (attribution updated in mod_remotip.c)
269 http://svn.apache.org/r1778268 (fix compiler warning)
270 http://svn.apache.org/r1780725 (set buckets aside)
271 http://svn.apache.org/r1781030 (fix strict GCC warning)
272 http://svn.apache.org/r1781031 (reference the filter by handle)
273 http://svn.apache.org/r1781701 (rework optional processing case)
274 2.4 convenience patch (includes CHANGES):
275 http://people.apache.org/~druggeri/patches/RemoteIPProxyProtocol.2.4.x.patch
277 -0.5: wrowe (Still reviewing support of unwise 'optional' schema vs. other
278 possibile solves; questioning reading-but-ignoring PROXY
279 protocol input, also seems unwise)
281 *) mod_ssl: Return 502 instead of 500 when SSL peer check or
282 proxy_post_handshake hook fails.
283 Trunk patch: r1645529 (works)
284 2.4.x patch which adds CHANGES: https://emptyhammock.com/media/downloads/r1645529-to-2.4.x.txt
286 ylavic: there may be missing bits, see thread for commit r1736510.
288 *) core: Drop an invalid Last-Modified header value coming
289 from a (F)CGI script instead of replacing it with Unix epoch.
290 Warn the users about Last-Modified header value replacements
291 and violations of the RFC.
292 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1748379
293 http://svn.apache.org/r1750747
294 http://svn.apache.org/r1750749
295 http://svn.apache.org/r1750953
296 http://svn.apache.org/r1751138
297 http://svn.apache.org/r1751139
298 http://svn.apache.org/r1751147
299 http://svn.apache.org/r1757818
300 2.4.x: trunk patches work, final view:
301 http://home.apache.org/~elukey/httpd-2.4.x-core-last_modified_tz_logging.patch
302 The problem has been discussed in dev@ extensively but we did not reach a common
303 agreement about how to proceed in the long term. While we wait, I would really like
304 to introduce useful logs for the users (the starting point of this change was a users@
305 email thread). If this is not the right way to go I will move the patch to other
306 sections of STATUS (stalled or being worked).
307 The code has been tested with a simple PHP script returning different Last-Modified
308 headers (GMT now, GMT now Europe/Paris, GMT tomorrow, GMT yesterday, PST now).
311 *) http: Don't remove the Content-Length of zero from a HEAD response if
312 it comes from an origin server, module or script. Allow the previous
313 behaviour (for legacy/buggy modules only, not origin) by also backporting
314 the HttpContentLengthHeadZero directive (and also HttpExpectStrict which
315 comes for free with the same commit).
316 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1554303
317 http://svn.apache.org/r1678215
318 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~ylavic/httpd-2.4.x-preserve_head_cl_zero.patch
320 ylavic: r1554303 issued a major MMN bump, but since the ABI change is two
321 ints added at the end of core_server_config, the proposed merge
322 does a minor bump only.
323 minfrin: Two new directives need to be documented.
325 * mod_proxy_http: Don't establish or reuse a backend connection before pre-
326 fetching the request body, so to minimize the delay between it is supposed
327 to be alive and the first bytes sent: this is a best effort to prevent the
328 backend from closing because of idle or keepalive timeout in the meantime.
329 Also, handle a new "proxy-flushall" environment variable which allows to
330 flush any forwarded body data immediately. PR 56541+37920.
331 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1656259
332 http://svn.apache.org/r1656359 (CHANGES entry)
333 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES, docs/log-message-tags)
335 -0: jim: This seems to be a hit to normal performance, to handle an
336 error and/or non-normal condition. The pre-fetch is
337 expensive, and is always done, even before we know that
338 the backend is available to rec' it. I understand the
339 error described, but is the fix actually worth it (plus
340 it seems to allow for a DDoS vector).
341 ylavic: It seems to me that the problem is real since we reuse the
342 connection before prefetching 16K (either controlled by the
343 client, or by an input filter), we currently always prefetch
344 these bytes already. Regarding performance I don't see any
345 difference (more cycles) compared with the current code.
346 However I think I failed to rebuild the header_brigade when
347 the proxy loop is retried (ping), so I need to rework this.
348 Do you think we'd better remove the prefetch, or maybe just
349 make it nonblocking (by default)?
350 jim: Non-blocking seems the best way to handle...
352 * mod_dav: Allow other modules to become providers and add ACLs
353 to the DAV response. Requires a release of apr-util v1.6.
354 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1748322
355 2.4.x: trunk works modulo CHANGES/MMN
357 rpluem asks: Will this compile with apr-util < v1.6 and keep
358 mod_dav working (without the new features of the patch of course)?
359 I doubt that we will require apr-util 1.6 for the lifetime of 2.4.x
360 (see the discussion around ap_cstr_casecmp[n] an apr 1.6)
361 minfrin: Yes, as you can see in the patch everything applies only
362 if APR_XML_X2T_PARSED is defined, and the patch was tested with
363 both apr-util v1.6 and apr-util v1.5.
364 -1: jorton, breaks binary backwards compat per dev@ discuss
365 msgid <20160902120654.GA12674@redhat.com>
366 (& also, making the structure change with apr-util version
367 means it breaks binary compat across an apr-util upgrade?)
369 * Support PCRE2 (10.x) in place of PCRE (8.x).
370 Submitted by: wrowe, Petr Pisar [ppisar redhat.com]
372 http://svn.apache.org/r1773454
373 http://svn.apache.org/r1773741
374 http://svn.apache.org/r1773742
375 http://svn.apache.org/r1773839
376 http://svn.apache.org/r1773870
377 http://svn.apache.org/r1773882
378 wrowe notes that the current code is too inefficient, owing to the fact
379 that the ovector is a required allocation and is no longer allocated on
380 the stack, by design. The correct fix is an apr userdata allocation on
381 the appropriate pool, which would be thread-safe, but the actual API of
382 ap_regexec[_len]() offers us no pool. We cannot associate that pool with
383 the ap_regex_t, because a single regex may be used by many threads in
384 parallel and is not thread-safe beyond initialization.
385 So the only fix allowing us to use PCRE 10 in httpd 2.4 would be to write
386 this as a thread safe storage buffer for the majority of cases (<10 $args)
387 and we don't have a portable tls mechanism to do so.
390 PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE STALLED
392 * core: Add ap_errorlog_provider to make ErrorLog logging modular. This
393 backport keeps syslog logging as part of httpd core and only adds
394 API to allow other modules to be used for error logging.
395 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1525597
396 http://svn.apache.org/r1525664
397 http://svn.apache.org/r1525845
398 http://svn.apache.org/r1527003
399 http://svn.apache.org/r1527005
400 http://svn.apache.org/r1532344
401 http://svn.apache.org/r1539988
402 http://svn.apache.org/r1541029
403 http://svn.apache.org/r1543979
404 http://svn.apache.org/r1544156
405 http://svn.apache.org/r1626978
406 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/httpd-2.4.x-errorlog_provider.patch
408 +1: covener w/ doc or code to fix syntax (providername:providerarg not supported like syslog or socacheproviders,
409 needs 2 args which is not valid in ErrorLog manual)
410 trawick: nit: fix "writing" in "/* NULL if we are writing to syslog */"
411 (sorry, haven't finished reviewing completely)
412 jim: What is the status of this??
414 * mod_proxy: Add ap_proxy_define_match_worker() and use it for ProxyPassMatch
415 and ProxyMatch section to distinguish between normal workers and workers
416 with regex substitutions in the name. Implement handling of such workers
417 in ap_proxy_get_worker(). Fixes the bug when regex workers were not
418 matched and used for request. PR 43513.
419 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1609680
420 http://svn.apache.org/r1609688
421 http://svn.apache.org/r1641381
422 ylavic: Merge patch provided (reusing new->real to avoid double de_socketfy() call).
423 Also added missing r1609688 to the patchset.
424 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~ylavic/httpd-2.4.x-ap_proxy_define_match_worker.patch
426 -0: covener tried to review this one in Austin with Jeff. Does the added match function
427 really cover a very narrow set of parameters with the way it skips over backreferences?
428 Also, why a new API vs. just setting the field inline?
430 * mod_systemd: New module, for integration with systemd on Linux.
431 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1393976
432 http://svn.apache.org/r1393997
433 http://svn.apache.org/r1484554
434 http://svn.apache.org/r1528032
435 http://svn.apache.org/r1528034
436 http://svn.apache.org/r1614821
437 http://svn.apache.org/r1618579
438 http://svn.apache.org/r1618588
439 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/mod_systemd/httpd-2.4.x-mod_systemd.patch
441 sf comments: The IdleShutdown logic seems broken. Consider a single
442 active connection that is stalled for 10 seconds. That
443 connection will be broken after GracefulShutdownTimeout.
444 A better logic would be to check if there is any open
445 connection that is not in keep-alive state.
447 * mod_journald: Add new module mod_journald to log error logs into journald.
448 This patch needs changes done in mod_systemd patch (already
450 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1610339
451 http://svn.apache.org/r1621806
452 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/httpd-2.4.x-mod_journald.patch
454 rjung, minfrin: Not understanding "This patch needs changes done in
455 mod_systemd patch", am I right in understanding this patch is
457 jkaluza: No, that patch is not committed yet. It is in STALLED section.
458 The link for that patch is: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/mod_systemd/httpd-2.4.x-mod_systemd.patch
460 * core: Add support for systemd socket activation.
461 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1511033
462 http://svn.apache.org/r1608686
463 http://svn.apache.org/r1608694
464 http://svn.apache.org/r1608703
465 http://svn.apache.org/r1608721
466 http://svn.apache.org/r1608744
467 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/mod_systemd/httpd-2.4.x-socket-activation.patch
470 * mod_proxy: Ensure network errors detected by the proxy are returned as
471 504 Gateway Timeout as opposed to 502 Bad Gateway
472 trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1480058
473 2.4.x patch: trunk patch works modulo CHANGES
475 -1: rpluem: This change is still disputed. See
476 http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/201305.mbox/%3C1B16B9E3-87BA-4EEF-939C-7C7313B54714%40gbiv.com%3E
478 * cross-compile: allow to provide CC_FOR_BUILD so that gen_test_char will be
479 compiled by the build compiler instead of the host compiler.
480 Also set CC_FOR_BUILD to 'cc' when cross-compilation is detected.
481 Trunk patches: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1327907
482 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328390
483 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328714
484 2.4 patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-cross_compile.diff
485 fuankg: on hold until we agree for a better and more simple solution ...
487 * Makefile.win: Added copying of .vbs / .wsf CGIs to Windows install target.
488 Moved fixing of shebang to separate target so that it is
489 no longer executed by default and all CGIs remain inactive.
490 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1387984
491 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421203
492 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421591
493 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-Makefile.win.diff
496 This commit is essentially deciding that an httpd install on
497 Windows now has printenv/testcgi written in 2 more languages.
498 To the extent that the usefulness is that it shows how to make scripts
499 of these types executable by httpd, I believe that the documentation
500 is the proper place to solve that. To the extent that the usefullness
501 is to show how to implement a CGI in these particular languages, I believe
502 that the httpd distribution and documentation in general is not the
503 place for that. Historically these types of scripts have caused problems
504 for downstream vendorsas well as newbies (and sometimes the intersection
505 of those two groups) who don't understand that these are information leaks
506 once they are enabled, and the subtlety of the way they are disabled ("Apache
507 messed up the first line; let me fix that") contributes to that.
508 fuankg notes: I've just added a big warning to all CGI scripts which should now
509 make absolutely clear that these CGIs are for testing purpose only - so those
510 who enable those scripts with inserting the right shebang should be 100% aware
511 of any risks (this should cover your last point).
512 jim: trawick, does the above address your concerns?
513 trawick: to some extent (somebody reading the script gets an idea)
514 Why isn't the configuration requirement documented instead
515 of described indirectly in a sample?
516 Why are these new samples added to the install without three
517 votes? (I didn't veto it; put your name next to the two
518 existing ones and I'll be satisfied that enough people
519 considered this addition as an appropriate solution for a
520 real httpd usability problem.)
521 wrowe: I'd agree with trawick, and suggest that these scripts can begin
522 their life somewhere in the manual/ tree. This really seems like
523 the place where /usr/share/httpd/examples/ would be useful, but
524 there isn't an ordinary directory for that. Since we want none
525 of the scripts to function 'out of the box', what about a new
526 cgi-examples/ dir alongside cgi-bin/? Otherwise manual/cgi/examples
529 * core: block Define and Undefine in vhost and directory context. Because
530 it is EXEC_ON_READ, it "breaks out" of these contexts anyway.
531 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1656063
532 http://svn.apache.org/r1656122
533 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~covener/patches/2.4.x-define-limits.diff
534 +1: covener (I need to review the docs manually in this area)
535 -1: wrowe (blocking will break "working" .conf files on a subversion update
536 meant to pick up security fixes. "Alerting" I would agree to.)